Plant Agriculture MSc Graduate Program Descriptive Transcript Summary: A brief overview of the Plant Agriculture MSc program with students describing research projects that they are working on. 00:00 - 00:05 [Music plays; White screen fades in to show Plant Agriculture logo and University of Guelph logo] Text: Plant Agriculture University of Guelph 00:06 - 00:18 [Screen shows Plant Ag students engaged in field work and lab activities; screen changes to show crops and farm scenes.] Female Narrator: The Department of Plant Agriculture at the University of Guelph is CanadaĠs largest and most diverse applied plant biology department. We offer an interdisciplinary research environment in modern, well-equipped research stations and laboratories to provide excellence in graduate education and training. 00:19 - 00:21 [Screen changes to show blue and orange text over white background] Text: Master of Science, MSc in Plant Agriculture, University of Guelph Narrator: The Master of Science in Plant Agriculture program 00:22 - 00:31 Screen changes to show a quadrant of four images depicting different aspects of the plant sciences. White text is superimposed over the images.] Text: Plant Breeding and Genetics, Plant Biochemistry and Physiology, Crop Production Systems, Bioproducts. Doctor of Philosophy, PhD in Plant Agriculture. Narrator: offers specialization in four broad fields of the Plant Sciences. Students conduct basic and applied research on topics within these fields based on their interests and career goals. 00:32 - 00:40 [Music fades out. Screen changes to show MSc student Denise in a Plant Ag greenhouse. White text is superimposed at the bottom of the screen.] Text: Denise Cooper, MSc Student, Department of Plant Agriculture. Denise: My research is based on plant pathology and identifying genes that are related to resistance to diseases 00:41 - 01:00 [Screen shows pinto beans growing in the field and being harvested.] Denise: and the disease I'm specifically working with is a really bad cosmetic mark. It doesn't taste very good. It doesn't look very good and so being able to have resistance to this disease means that the product that comes out of the field will be healthier looking. It'll be better able to be marketed and the farmers will get a greater profit 01:01 - 01:10 [Screen changes to show Denise.] Denise: without using pesticides do that. I'm hoping to continue on in research either within a university setting or in the industry 01:11 - 01:20 [Music fades in. Screen shows Denise conducting research in the laboratory.] Denise: and the department of Plant Agriculture really helped to support that with giving me lots of different opportunities to make connections with people within the industry as well. 01:21 - 01:30 [Screen shows MSc students conducting research with plants growing under coloured LED lights. White text is superimposed.] Text: Research, Government, Industry, Consulting] Narrator: Graduates will possess a strong foundation on which they can be highly successful in science-related positions in research,government, industry and consulting. 01:31 - 01:34 [Screen shows MSc student conducting research with plant growing under coloured LED lights.] Voice of MSc Student Jason Lanoue: Currently what weĠre trying to do is bring in LED lights to greenhouses. 01:35 - 01:40 [Music fades out. Screen changes to show MSc student Jason in a Plant Ag greenhouse. White text is superimposed at the bottom of the screen.] Text: Jason Lanoue, MSc Student, Department of Plant Agriculture. Jason: The thing with LED lights is theyĠre much more energy efficient so we're hoping to get them into greenhouses and replace the high-pressure sodium lights. 01:41 - 01:52 [Screen shows MSc students conducting research with plants growing under coloured LED lights.] Jason: These LED lights are cool to the touch so we can put them very close to the plants and even inside the plant canopy. Right now the most interesting part that I'm working with is LEDs and how they affect sugar export. 01:53 - 01:57 [Screen changes to show Jason.] Jason: We use a technique that involves radioisotopes to follow sugars and when they leave the leaf 01:58 - 02:10 [Screen shows MSc student conducting research with plant growing under coloured LED lights.] Jason: and it's very interesting to see the different export rates based on the colours of lights that we are giving to these leaves. At the higher light intensities we are seeing a much higher rate of export than we would see at the lower light intensities. 02:11 - 02:22 [Screen changes to show Jason.] Jason: After I graduate I plan to continue my research hopefully in a government setting or a privatized industry setting. [Music fades in] I would also like to continue my research on the plant export and sugar export patterns of these plants. 02:23 - 02:26 [Screen shows plants growing under coloured LED lights.] Jason: It does really interest me based on the biochemical analysis that weĠre able to do. 02:27 - 02:50 [Screen shows images of Plant Ag students and faculty engaged in various plant sciences activities.] Narrator: Plant Agricultural scientists at the University of Guelph have broadly impacted the daily lives of growers, consumers and industry in Canada and throughout the world. Our faculty includes internationally recognized researchers. Plant Ag graduate programs have strong connections with industry leaders allowing students to attain field-work experience during their program and professional opportunities once they graduate. 02:51 - 02:56 [Music fades out. Screen changes to show MSc student Ricki in a Plant Ag laboratory. White text is superimposed at the bottom of the screen.] Text: Ricki Rathwell, MSc Student, Department of Plant Agriculture. Ricki: My research is on an endangered species so what I'm trying to do is bring it back from the brink of extinction 02:57 - 03:05 [Screen shows student working with plant tissue culture in the lab.] Ricki: and by doing this, by using micropropagation and cryopreservation and with other tools available to me, not only do we get to learn more about this species, 03:06 - 03:10 [Screen changes to show Ricki.] Ricki: which not a lot is known about, but we can increase the population here in Canada. 03:11 - 03:18 [Screen shows Ricki, another student and a faculty member inspecting plant seedlings growing in containers.] Ricki: I was also given the opportunity to be a TA here at the University of Guelph which was a lot of fun and I got to learn a lot about 03:19 - 03:21 [Screen changes to show Ricki.] Ricki: teaching and interacting with students. 03:22 - 03:28 [Screen shows students and faculty members socializing at annual Plant Ag picnic] Ricki: One of the things that's really nice about the Department of Plant Agriculture [music fades in] is how well the graduate students seem to get along. We get together. We have different events 03:29 - 03:31 [Screen changes to show Ricki.] and I've made a lot of friends and met a lot of people here. 03:32 - 03:37 [Screen changes to show convocation ceremony. White text is superimposed at the bottom of the screen.] Text: Awards & Scholarships Narrator: Several scholarships are available to support our students. In addition, there are numerous 03:38 - 03:40 [Screen changes to show a group of three students in a Plant Ag science lab. White text is superimposed at the bottom of the screen.] Text: Teaching Assistantships Narrator: Research and Teaching Assistantship opportunities for Graduate Students. 03:41 - 03:46 [Screen shows images of harvesting, crops and farm scenes.] Narrator: Plants provide food, raw materials, and a healthy environment and are the cornerstone for life on earth. 03:47 - 03:54 [White screen fades in. Blue and orange text appears over white background] Text: Master of Science, MSc in Plant Agriculture, University of Guelph, pagrad@uoguelph.ca, (519) 824-4120 ext. 56077] Narrator: The Master of Science in Plant Agriculture program provides the fundamental knowledge needed for understanding and enhancing plant life. 03:55 - 03:58 [Transition to Plant Agriculture logo over white screen.] Text: Plant Agriculture [Music fades out. Screen fades to black.]